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Happy Birthday, Johnny Gimble!
Post dateMay 28, 2021

Happy Birthday, Johnny Gimble!

I just love Johnny Gimble. 🙂 An exemplary member of “The Great Generation”, Gimble...
Post dateMay 26, 2021

Birthday of John Wesley Hardin (but I doubt it was happy)

John Wesley Hardin‘s father was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher. When his son was born...
Happy Birthday, Juan Seguin!
Post dateOctober 26, 2020

Happy Birthday, Juan Seguin!

Juan Seguin is a Texas hero who tugs at my heart strings. Born in...
Happy Birthday, Red McCombs!
Post dateOctober 19, 2020

Happy Birthday, Red McCombs!

As I’ve prepared this Happy Birthday series, I’ve realized that all babies come into the...
Happy Birthday, James Bowie!
Post dateApril 6, 2020

Happy Birthday, James Bowie!

Actually, we’re not quite sure when James Bowie was born, but probably April 10,...
Two Texas Artists Worth Knowing
Post dateSeptember 30, 2019

Two Texas Artists Worth Knowing

Some really great Texans were born in September, including these two who contributed much to...
Happy Birthday, Lawrence Sullivan Ross and H.B. Zachry!
Post dateSeptember 27, 2019

Happy Birthday, Lawrence Sullivan Ross and H.B. Zachry!

Two great men (and great Texans) share a September 27th birthday.
Two Texas Aggies Worth Knowing
Post dateSeptember 11, 2019

Two Texas Aggies Worth Knowing

Two great men–both great Texans and great Texas Aggies–share a September birthday. Their shared...
Happy 300th Birthday, San Antonio!
Post dateApril 30, 2018

Happy 300th Birthday, San Antonio!

Where the Texas Hill Country and the South Texas Plains meet, the peoples of...
Happy Birthday, Texas…Again!
Post dateMarch 29, 2017

Happy Birthday, Texas…Again!

Texas first joined the United States as the 28th sovereign state in the Union...

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